This from the comments:

Here's a comment left by David Crumm (2 m's) under the previous post. Thanks David and we wish you and your's a Merry Christmas too:

"Wow! What a discovery!
I am David Crumm (2-ms) and my late brother (lost to cancer unfortunately) was Dr. Stephen Crumm. My other brother is John Crumm -- and my son, now studying international relations -- is Benjamin Crumm. My brother John got his masters of planning at University of Maryland and my daughter Megan Crumm is studying at a seminary in Washington D.C. -- so although we're based in Michigan we have lots of ties to D.C. and Maryland...

Merry Christmas from your (apparently) long-lost Crumm clan relatives. (My Dad the genealogist says the 1-m Crums are related to us -- but one particular Crum(m) after the Civil War claimed some land in Michigan and headed West from the eastern branch.)

Glad to discover you cousins!

...

Happy New Year!
-- David Crumm"

what i do when nate and tom are'nt home

NHL to NFL

Sorry Matt, I just thought this was really funny. We all know Hockey is a sport too.


NHL Star Called Up To Big Leagues To Play For NFL Team

Control Yourselves!

Typically, as a rule, I don't use exclamation points, ever. But this is one of those rare situations that deserves a sense of urgency... If you recieve a DVD (two DVDs to be exact), do not watch them yet! If you recieve a package and you do not live in Maryland, you may open it, but do not watch the DVDs yet! If you are in Maryland, do not open the package, even though there are DVDs in there, you can't watch them anyway! The reason others can open their packages is that some (Matt and Emily) are responsible for dispersing said DVDs to others (but still don't anyone watch them yet!) On Christmas Day, Maryland people may open their package, but do not yet watch the DVDs! It is very important that the DVDs are not viewed until the evening of Christmas Day! I recommend putting them someplace safe, like on a high shelf out of the reach of anyone who might try to sneak a view. Be sure to put a Post-it on the television, and another on the gallon of milk, and just to be safe a bright pink Post-it duct taped to your wrist. Then whenever evening on Christmas Day arrives (officially that would be 5:23 PM or 17:23 hours). Then and only then should you place the first DVD (either one will do) into the nearest DVD player. Make sure your televison is properly connected (and turned on) and sit down quietly, preparing yourselves for something really special...
Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Burn

If you have not already gotten one, you can look for a CD in the mail soon. The 'Merry Burned Christmas 2008' is a mix that has nothing to do with Christmas (mostly because I don't like Christmas music). Here's a track to wet-your-whistle, though you will not actually find this artist or this track on the CD. Enjoy!



And now this completly different version:

Follow up...

Anyone considering what gift to buy for Jon this year may consider the following item (thanks to Mom for finding this one):



I especially like the explanation below the picture.

Christmas Greetings

Daniel, Michal, Zion and I go over to the Hogue's for dinner most Tuesday nights. Daniel loves playing with all the new toys and reading new books. His favorite book at their house is "Bum Pum Pum" (or, the Little Drummer Boy). This has now become his favorite song to sing. In fact, he often sings it over me when I try to sing any other song.

Daniel Peregrine - Little Drummer



More Photo Booth fun at the bcBlog

The Good, The Bad, and The Mustache

Here's a movie Nathan Alberson and I made over Thanksgiving Break. Hope you enjoy my mustache.

Christmas Gift Exchange

Up until a few years ago, when (almost) everyone would be home for Christmas, we had a gift exchange plan that worked well for our family. Names were exchanged the day after Thanksgiving, and each person bought a gift for one other brother or sister. But, the "exchange" did not work well when family members were excluded by distance or other Christmas plans. We (meaning I) decided that only those who would be present for Christmas should participate primarily so that the younger ones, especially, would have the joy of giving and receiving their gifts in person. Now that new families are sprouting and the youngest children at home are growing up, I think we need a new Christmas gift exchange plan.

A friend told me that in her family there is a rotation plan. Each individual (or family) buys for one other individual (or family) each year--that remains the same as our plan. But the schedule is set in advance; there is no secrecy. Peter and Jess, for example, would buy a gift for Matt and Emily the first year, Ben and Michal the second year, Jon the third year, and on around the family until they had bought a gift for each other brother and sister (or family). This plan would allow everyone to participate without a burden on anyone. It also opens up a greater possibility of hand-made gifts that might take longer than a month to complete. Every family member could add creative touches to the gift.

Since we have already exchanged names for this Christmas, I am proposing that we begin the new plan with Christmas 2009. The list would be published at the beginning of January. So....please consider this proposal and respond with any queries, addenda, suggested modifications, or a simple thumbs up or down. Thanks.

Dunvegan

Do you ever get the feeling that you are being watched, and then you turn around and you are being watched by some creepy seven foot tall homeless guy with no teeth? He then looks away and you go on picking garbage out of the dumpster behind the supermarket.

Well, as Matt has pointed out before... Google is watching you! Quick, run to the window and wave!

Jude's Monkey Blog

Just a couple months ago Jude and I decided to set up his own blog so that he can post stuff he's interested in. So far he has come up with two movies. He wrote down the ideas, talked with his sisters Ashley and Aravis, and had them star in his short films. You can follow this link to see what he's posted... http://judesmonkeyblog.blogspot.com/ I reccomend watching the film "Soccer" first, and then "Frisbee" considering that you should almost always watch movies in the order they were filmed.

Do You Gmail?

I know some of you are on the Gmail, some are not. When I started up my gmail today I noticed it looked a little different. The colors were a little bolder, it looked cleaner. So I snooped around and found that the Google team had added 'Themes' to their mail program allowing users to 're skin' their email account. It's these simple little things that I love about the Inter-web-net-tubes. Now I just spend 10 minutes looking through all the themes to find the one that's right for me... which one is right for you (gmailers)?

If you're not already on gmail and still use something else (Yahoo? Come on Dave!) you should switch... it'll be like giving yourself an early Christmas present.

Enjoy.

YouTube Contest

Well... not really.


YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A 'Good' Video

Happy Brithday Pop

In The Next Four Years

I am not one to make predictions or talk at length about politics. Here, however, are some things that I am looking forward to over the next four years:

1. Finally getting a gun --- Not knowing how long we will have this right (or even the right to talk about it) I will get a gun to protect my family and my rights.

2. Move to Texas --- I am really hoping that in the next week or so Texas announces it's succession from The Union. I really don't want a war here, but it would be nice to have an oil-rich country to move to.



3. Purchase a hybrid, hover-car --- this really has nothing to do with the election or moving to Texas, I just think we're well overdue for hover-cars and I think it would be really sweet.

So what are you looking forward to (if anything)?

Here Comes The Sun, Doot Doo Doo Doo...

And now for something...

...completely different.

This from the deep tomes of the inter-tube-web:

Alles Neu - Peter Fox



I apologize if this guy uses profanity in his music, but it's in German. In German, everything sounds like profanity.

A Vote for Capitalism

Driving Elisabeth to the Benners' this morning, we passed the Catonsville Middle School. Cars lined the street for several blocks, and the line of people stretched far down the sidewalk. I decided to wait until mid-morning before going to the polls, thinking the lines would have diminished. At 10:00 am, cars were stretched up and down the street in front of Westowne Elementary, and the line of people there looked just as long as the line I had seen earlier. It moved quickly, however, and it was only about a half-hour from the time I got on line until I had voted.
One entreprenurial fifth grade class had stategically placed a large table of sweets for sale as a fund raiser for their Philadelphia field trip and even had students pacing up and down the waiting line selling drinks and snacks. Does anyone else think it's odd that Capri Sun sells for $0.50 while water sells for $1.00?
I don't remember the voter turn-out being so high in any other presidential election in which I participated. Are the others finding the same results where you're voting?

Jumping Jon

Consistently (and this has nothing to do with the Guest post below) Japanese culture baffles me. Don't ask how, but I stumbled upon a Japanese McDonald's site today that allows you to upload a picture of yourself (or your brother Jon) and turn it into a Fast Food themed avatar --- in this case, a hash brown. Mmmm, could anything make you want to eat at a Big Mac more than seeing Jon's face with a red-dot-nose dancing around to Japanese children singing a Zelda song? I submit it could not!

You can sign up here, they'll email you your password.

Clarification

I kind of hope that it's obvious who you all are going to vote for here in a few days. Maybe I'm wrong, and I don't really know any of you, but as a Crum I'm pretty confident... Anyways, I've been seeing Obama's campaign posters on television, and I realized I could maybe help clear up what he really meant to say:

Remember to vote early and vote often.